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This is a summary of the electoral history of Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party between 2023 and 2024, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok since 2016.
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party between 2023 and 2024, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok since 2016.
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Humza Yousaf [lower-alpha 1] | 15,316 | 54.8 |  10.1 | 13,902 | 49.5 | 7.4 | |
| Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] | 8,834 | 31.6 |  15.8 | 7,237 | 25.8 | 12.3 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 2,653 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 2,545 | 9.1 | 4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 585 | 2.1 |  0.0 | 375 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
| TUSC | Ian Leech | 555 | 2.0 | New | ||||
| Scottish Green | 1,363 | 4.9 | 2.4 | |||||
| Solidarity | 915 | 3.3 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 582 | 2.1 | 1.6 | |||||
| BUP | 341 | 1.2 | New | |||||
| Animal Welfare | 224 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 212 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |||||
| RISE | 185 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Women's Equality | 158 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Independent | Andrew McCullagh | 25 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Majority | 6,482 | 23.2 | N/A | |||||
| Valid Votes | 27,943 | 28,064 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 142 | 69 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,085 | 45.8 | 6.3 | 28,133 | 45.9 | 6.4 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | 13.0 | ||||||
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| Candidate | First preferences | % | Final result [2] | % | |||
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Humza Yousaf  | 24,336 | 48.2% | 26,032 | 52.1% | |||
| Kate Forbes | 20,559 | 40.7% | 23,890 | 47.9% | |||
| Ash Regan | 5,599 | 11.1% | Eliminated | ||||
| First minister nominative elections | |||
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| Parliamentary term | Date | Candidates | Votes received |
| 6th Parliament | 28 March 2023 [3] | Humza Yousaf | 64 |
| Douglas Ross | 31 | ||
| Anas Sarwar | 22 | ||
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | 4 | ||
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